Gary Chastain Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Been collecting parts for this build for some time. Found a resin 5600 hood, air lift third axle and some other goodies. May build as a tractor only for one of my scratch built trailers. Started this build a couple weeks ago, so catching up a post. The reference pic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 Had several Moebius wheels sets with bad chrome. Soaked in the purple pond, then experimented with several chrome paints. The Rust-Oleun Bright Coat metallic finish was the finish I was looking for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 Playing around with making exhaust pipes for my truck builds. Used some aluminum 1/4 craft tubing and a Ridgid 394 brake tool. Not bad results when I lube the tubing prior to bending. Second bend on the bench, I used WD40 as a lube, cleaner bend 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 Mock up of the hood after much fitting. Like the finish on the wheels. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Looking good!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trendsetta68 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 I'm liking where this is headed ! 😇👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred63 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Wow, that looks awesome! Love the look of the 5600 hood! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 Stretched the frame an 1 1/4 in so that I can add larger fuel tanks. Tank in pic is for mock-up, I will scratch build fuel tanks and battery boxes with steps. Wanted to keep wheelbase as compact as I can for a heavy hauler. Need to clip the rear of the frame and save the hinge portion (for the dump bed) for another day/project. Any good ideas for a headache rack with storage boxes? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotnitro? Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Looking good! Really like the 5600 hood on the Paystar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred63 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Gary, that looks good! The frame extension gives it, the right look! Have you decided, what are you going to build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 Rear frame extensions made and installed, removed the hinged dump truck extensions and save for another project. Correct length fuel tanks built, now to build the fuel tank mounts/straps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, bigred63 said: Gary, that looks good! The frame extension gives it, the right look! Have you decided, what are you going to build? I think I am going for an industrial look 3 axle tractor for my 53 ft, 4 axle drop deck trailer. Just need a really cool headache rack to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractoraholic Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 8/16/2023 at 4:24 PM, Gary Chastain said: Had several Moebius wheels sets with bad chrome. Soaked in the purple pond, then experimented with several chrome paints. The Rust-Oleun Bright Coat metallic finish was the finish I was looking for. Nice Progress. Just Curious, the Rustoleum, did you shoot straight out of the can or decant into a airbrush? The wheels look great. I have a can of that stuff but haven’t tried it yet. It seems to give a nice polished aluminum look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 17 minutes ago, tractoraholic said: Nice Progress. Just Curious, the Rustoleum, did you shoot straight out of the can or decant into a airbrush? The wheels look great. I have a can of that stuff but haven’t tried it yet. It seems to give a nice polished aluminum look. It started as an experiment, just spraying from the can and it worked really well. Just repeated that process for the wheels but took my time. Happy with the look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete68 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Very nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 Fuel tanks/mounts/straps are coming together 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockford Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Tidy job. Great work on the tanks and brackets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 22, 2023 Author Share Posted August 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Rockford said: Tidy job. Great work on the tanks and brackets. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 Battery boxes built, will add polished aluminum steps, getting started on headache rack. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Had to stop , clean and reorganize my work space. Added some storage bins, got rid of some stuff, cleaned all the drawers out, found stuff I didn’t know I had. Back to the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 Headache rack fabricated, some finish work. Will add slam locks and flashing yellow lights. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 i think this will work, finish up trailer to fit this truck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Neat, clean work!!! Happy to see you have the decals I designed for Gofer !!!!! I'll be watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, Dave Van said: Neat, clean work!!! Happy to see you have the decals I designed for Gofer !!!!! I'll be watching That’s cool, I use a lot of those decals, nicely done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 Getting some paint on, finish up detailing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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